My dad thought I'd end up in the poorhouse or in doughnut shops with a bag full of reviews.
I saw the desert, it grew upon me. There are times, when I have sorrows, that I hunger and thirst for it.
He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool -- shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple -- teach him.
I have no leisure to think of style or of polish, or to select the best language, the best English - no time to shine as an authoress. I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public waiting.
where I have seen good I shall speak of it with pleasure, and where I have seen the reverse, I shall try to be silent; for a book is meant to give pleasure, and pain that is inflicted in black and white lasts for ever.
all the salt of Turkish life consists of politics and official intrigue.
People of delicate health, selfish dispositions, and coarse minds, can always bear the sufferings of others placidly.
the very notion of blindness about color constitutes an ideological confusion at best, and denial at its very worst.
I was an overnight sensation.
If you don't read for pleasure, you'll lose your edge as a writer.
You lose in the Finals, they're all disappointing. Doesn't matter if I'm playing in Miami, Cleveland or on Mars. You lose the Finals, it's disappointing.